Informationsvetenskap vid Åbo Akademi

We are proud to celebrate our colleague Karolina karolingva on the successful defense of her PhD thesis on Friday, 10 April 2026.

Her thesis, “Freedom of Expression and Privacy in European Public Libraries: A Study of Perceptions and Practices,” makes an important contribution to our field.

A wonderful achievement for both Karolina and our department Information Studies at ÅAU at Åbo Akademi - congratulations!

A big thanks to Associate professor Terje Colbjørnsen, BI Norwegian Business School, Norway to visit as an opponent :)

A special tradition in our department - gathering for lunch before the big moment.
🙌 Today we came together to share a meal, calm the nerves, and celebrate Karolina before her PhD defense.
These small rituals make the journey even more meaningful ✨
10.04.2026

New research from ! 📚

On Friday 10 April our doctoral researcher Karolina Andersdotter defends her doctoral dissertation "Freedom of Expression and Privacy in European Public Libraries : A Study of Perceptions and Practices". 🕵🏻‍♀️✨

You can attend the defence online or in person, at 1pm in auditorium Argentum, Aurum. Link to the dissertation and the online defence can be found at the event page on the university's web page abo.fi. 💻🌷

Good luck with your defence ! 🥳

4 years ago- a nice throwback on 4th April 2022, we celebrated our Professor Kristina's birthday at our department together .
Great memories to reflect back 🥰

In December, Kirjastonhoitajien säätiö (Foundation for Librarians) awarded two of our graduates an award for their master's theses related to public libraries. Today, the chair of the board Timo Tamminen paid us a visit and presented Jessica Blackburn and André Kolehmainen with their diplomas. Congratulations! 🌹

After celebrating Gunilla Widén’s rector milestone, we continued the evening with a lovely dinner together 🍽️✨

These moments with colleagues truly matter- they keep us motivated, connected, and energized in both our work and everyday lives. Grateful for such meaningful gatherings.

31.03.2026

Celebrating a proud and inspiring moment for our Professor Gunilla Widén on her promotion to Rector of Åbo Akademi University 🎂✨

We all are greatful to be part of this journey and to witness such leadership in action. We are wishing you all the very best in this new role! Åbo Akademi is in safe hands :) and We are proud of you :)

Ämnena informationsvetenskap och informationssystem vid Åbo Akademi söker för tiden 1.8.2026-31.7.2027 en universitetslektor eller -lärare som kan undervisa på svenska i kurser på kandidatnivå som ges av båda ämnena. Ansökningstiden går ut 7.4.2026. Läs mer under länken nedan och sprid gärna ordet! 😊

The subjects Information studies and Information systems at Åbo Akademi University are looking for a University lecturer or teacher for the period August 1st 2026 to July 31st 2027. The lecturer or teacher is required to have language skills that enable them to teach bachelor level courses given in Swedish by both subjects. The deadline for applications is April 7th, 2026. Please read more under the link below and distribute the information in your networks! 😊

Universitetslektor/ Universitetslärare i informationssystem och informationsvetenskap Åbo Akademi är ett internationellt forskningsuniversitet med ett brett svenskspråkigt utbildningsansvar i Finland. Med sin speciella nordiska förankring har Åbo Akademi en framstående och erkänd ställning nationellt och internationellt inom forskning och utbildning. 

Memories from 6 years ago on same day on 24.02.2020 with all our colleagues, head of department, PhD students and other researchers at . We miss those moments and hoping for such moments in future too. We spent the time at faniculur Turku, went for brewing factory visit and had dinner together

Monday well spent exchanging ideas, insights, and inspiration with professors, PhD researchers, and postdocs at our department’s research seminar

Welcoming the Spring term to our traditional research Seminar today on Monday at our Department - with delicious made by our Professor Kristina. Thank you from all of us and wish you all a good start of the year 2026